All Posts Tagged Tag: ‘Google Apps’

Google claims that organizations can achieve energy savings of 65% to 85% by migrating to Google Apps. The company, citing numbers from a Carbon Disclosure Project study, says companies with over $1 billion in revenues could save $12.3 billion and up to 85.7 million metric tonnes of CO2 by 2020, simply by migrating to the cloud (which doesn’t necessarily mean …

Google Apps for Government is certainly taking off this year. Just last month Columbia, Missouri and the U.S. Department of the Interior adopted the system for their email and communications networks. Google claims that Google Apps is both cost effective and secure enough for any government agencies, but what are the governments that implement the software really looking for? Today …

A lot of small businesses use Google apps to meet their needs and overcome challenges. In light of the European Union’s updated and more stringent data protection and privacy law, Google is offering an app. that will help their enterprise customers gain compliance with standards in Europe. Coming soon, Google will offer revised contract clauses that will meet EU standards. …

Google today announced that, finally, its update for the Google+ Android app has arrived. The update has already been released for iOS devices, and now the Android Google+ app has a similarly redesigned interface. Google also revealed why the Android app was delayed while the iPhone app was released weeks ago – Google has implemented the ability to start mobile …

This is what I like about Google – they listen. Developers have been telling the company of a need for a tool that would let them monitor the health of their Apps Script. The company has heard the cry of those in need and the cries will not go unheeded. Google introduced the world today to the Apps Script Dashboard. …

Perhaps you’ve heard of the Google Apps Directory Sync? If not, you probably haven’t been using it yet. It’s a utility that allows businesses and schools to easily transfer their information from a LDAP user directory to Google Apps. You still keep your data in the LDAP server, but Google Apps now has access to it so you don’t have …

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced yesterday that it has awarded a contract to Onix Networking for department-wide cloud email and collaboration services using Google Apps for Government. The contract is part of the Department of the Interior’s “IT Transformation” initiative, which was announced last year and seeks to reduce costs by cutting waste and increasing the efficiency of …

Google has announced changes to the TV & Movies app that is an essential part of its Google TV devices. On a post at the Google TV blog, Greg Funk, a Google TV Product Manager, announced some new features that have been added to the app. What I took from the post is that Google is hoping to provide users …

Canada is known for a lot of things – hockey, moose and the ever so delicious Poutine. One thing it was not known for, however, was using Google Apps in its cities to connect government workers. Edmonton, Alberta is changing that. Michael Lock, VP of Google Enterprise, announced today that Edmonton, Alberta is the first Canadian city to i

Google India held a conference last week called, “Think Cloud 2012.” It saw 50 CIOs from some of India’s largest companies to learn about the benefits of moving their applications and business to the Cloud. While the conference was held in India and was targeting Indian businesses, the talk can be applied to any business. Google talked about the trends …

Google announced the launch of information governance solution Google Apps Vault for Google Apps For Business customers, which Google says can reduce costs of litigation, regulatory investigation and compliance. It costs $5 a month, and lets businesses archive and manage Gmail and on-the-record chat messages in place, so the data doesn’t need to be duplicated in separate archives. Likewise, it …